10.05am to 10.30am
Rolls-Royce has used simulation, supported by high performance computing, in its design processes for many years. This has already led to profound improvements in the performance, noise and reliability of our products. Some of our design activities routinely use CFD simulations with close to 100 million degrees of freedom. However, we are at a tipping point. The next generation of design systems must be able to handle unsteady phenomena and be able to perform design optimisation across complex systems with simultaneous modelling of multiple, coupled, physical effects - whether aerodynamic, mechanical, thermal, acoustic or material. In most of these, the increase in complexity requires multiple orders of magnitude jump in the number of degrees of freedom. These present significant computational science and high performance computing challenges. This presentation will show how Rolls-Royce is constructing a number of Grand Challenges to drive the development of the software and hardware tools needed for the next generation design system. It will also describe the networks and collaborations that Rolls-Royce is putting in place to help deliver solutions to the Grand Challenges.
Speakers: Leigh Lapworth - Rolls Royce
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